8
HER, Yellow, Green
RATIO OF MAXIMUM OPERATING PEAK
CURRENT TO TEMPERATURE DERATED
MAXIMUM DC CURRENT
100
RATIO OF MAXIMUM OPERATING PEAK
CURRENT TO TEMPERATURE DERATED
MAXIMUM DC CURRENT
100
10
OPERATION IN
THIS REGION
REQUIRES
TEMPERATURE
DERATING
OF I
DC
MAX.
10
OPERATION IN
THIS REGION
REQUIRES
TEMPERATURE
DERATING
OF I
DC
MAX.
10
10
kH
Z
1
kH
Z
0
HZ
10
Z
kH
0
10
1
Z
kH
30
3
Z
kH
0
HZ
HZ
I
DC
MAX
1
1
10
100
1000
10,000
t
P
– PULSE DURATION – µS
DC OPERATION
I
DC
MAX
I
PEAK
I
PEAK
1
0.1
DC OPERATION
1
10
100
1000
10,000
t
P
– PULSE DURATION – µS
Figure 6. Maximum Allowed Peak Current vs. Pulse
Duration – HER, Yellow.
Figure 7. Maximum Allowed Peak Current vs. Pulse
Duration – Green.
I
F
– FORWARD CURRENT PER SEGMENT – mA
50
140
120
100
HER
80
60
40
GREEN
20
0
I
DC
MAX – MAXIMUM DC CURRENT PER
SEGMENT – mA
45
40
35
30
25
GREEN
20
15
10
5
0
10
20
30
40 50
60
70 80
90 100 110
R
θ
J-A
= 525° C/W
HER / YELLOW
YELLOW
0
0.5
1.0
1.5
2.0
2.5
3.0
3.5
T
A
– AMBIENT TEMPERATURE – °C
V
F
– FORWARD VOLTAGE – V
Figure 8. Maximum Allowable DC Current vs.
Ambient Temperature.
Figure 9. Forward Current vs. Forward Voltage.
RELATIVE LUMINOUS INTENSITY
(NORMALIZED TO 1 AT 20 mA FOR HER AND
YELLOW; AT 10 mA FOR GREEN)
˙
PEAK
µpeak – RELATIVE EFFICIENCY
(NORMALIZED TO 1 AT 100 mA FOR HER
AND YELLOW; AT 10 mA FOR GREEN)
4.0
3.5
3.0
2.5
2.0
1.5
1.0
0.5
0
HER AND
YELLOW
1.5
1.4
1.3
1.2
1.1
1.0
0.9
0.8
0.7
0.6
0.5
0.4
0.3
10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 100 110 120 130
I
PEAK
– PEAK FORWARD CURRENT
PER SEGMENT – mA
YELLOW
GREEN
GREEN
HER
0
5
10
15
20
25
30
35
40
I
F
– FORWARD CURRENT PER SEGMENT – mA
Figure 10. Relative Luminous Intensity vs. DC
Forward Current.
Figure 11. Relative Efficiency (Luminous Intensity per
Unit Current) vs. Peak Current.